Ykkrosh Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 Actually, I don't think they've changed all that much - in terms of graphics we still don't require any features that aren't available on GeForce 3 (with the only exception being that the shiny water is limited to GF6/7 (I think)); and performance is acceptable for me on a 128MB GF4 even with self-shadowing enabled (which seems to really hurt performance on GF4s in any game), though we still haven't spent much time optimising our graphics code. The suggested CPU and RAM in the FAQ may be further off if you want the game to play smoothly, but it's impossible to tell with any accuracy until we've got the game feature-complete and optimised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 If there are no more questions, I'll go ahead and close this topic, and ready the FAQs document for publication.Any more questions? Last call.Any news on this? Its been 3 months and no questions have been posted in 2 weeks. Or has it already been done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 The following questions are covered in the candidacy FAQs. I've left this topic open in case there are any more. What is the process for applying to join the Quality Assurance team? What criteria is used to select candidates for the Quality Assurance team? How many people are expected to join the Quality Assurance team? What are the requirements of a Quality Analyst? What are the requirements of a Focus Tester? What materials will be provided? What training opportunities will be provided? How are contributions measured?I'm also waiting for the new job application system to launch before I post the candidacy FAQs document. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Great, thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawbax Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 Actually, I don't think they've changed all that much - in terms of graphics we still don't require any features that aren't available on GeForce 3 (with the only exception being that the shiny water is limited to GF6/7 (I think)); and performance is acceptable for me on a 128MB GF4 even with self-shadowing enabled (which seems to really hurt performance on GF4s in any game), though we still haven't spent much time optimising our graphics code. The suggested CPU and RAM in the FAQ may be further off if you want the game to play smoothly, but it's impossible to tell with any accuracy until we've got the game feature-complete and optimised.Not sure if asking this will help now until you are more certain. Currently I have an IBM (i.e. non-gaming video card) Intel GMA950 256Mb video card, will this help my plight much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historicity Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Is there any possibility prior to testing that members of the 0 A.D. team will post their graphics cards (what chipsets... etc) they have on their systems so community members can compare their own systems in order to see if 0 A.D. will run on their computer / laptop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2006 As you can see, I'm retired from the team. Please direct all future enquiries concerning quality assurance to Jason Bishop (Wijitmaker). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexanderthemacedonian Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 plz can i no when the game was finish plz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scipio_africanus Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 plz can i no when the game was finish plz The game is a WiP. Expected beta release is Q4 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudied Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 Can't wait ! I think this will replace AOE on a lot of Desktops. A lot of my friends are addicted to AOE II Conquerers and want to play it on Ubuntu.Now we WILL. (Now where did that time go ? ....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 The game is a WiP. Expected beta release is Q4 2007Limited beta release most likely. Details forthcoming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimball Posted September 3, 2007 Report Share Posted September 3, 2007 To be completely honest with you, its a ways off. There's still lots of scripts to be written, units to be created and connections to be tested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycan Posted September 3, 2007 Report Share Posted September 3, 2007 To be completely honest with you, its a ways off. There's still lots of scripts to be written, units to be created and connections to be tested.take your time Just keep us informed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scipio_africanus Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 To be completely honest with you, its a ways off. There's still lots of scripts to be written, units to be created and connections to be tested.Meh. I can wait...Sure i can... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menganito Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Me either. Better a fully tested bug free games in winter 2015 than a a buggy piece of... software tomorrow.As Tycan said: Keep us informed. Thanx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimball Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 Exactly. There will be a public beta as progress goes on for community input and a wider range of bug testers. I can't say this year, and I can't say next year, but it shouldn't be too far off. There's a good part of the game done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rage Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 How soon can we expect to see announcements looking for beta testers? Will there be a finite amount of testers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimball Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 There will definitely be a limit on the number of beta testers we choose to include in the process, and it is likely that those few will be chosen based on community activity and input. How soon? It's hard to say. It all depends on how quickly things go in the next few months, but I wouldn't expect it before this summer or even this coming winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeros Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 The closed beta and internal QA will elect as many people as we have the resources and time to manage, and will slowly add more as we find need or resources for them.We'll try and have this grow and grow until a good grip of people are playing the game, and then eventually will make it a public beta - 0ad 0.9 or the public beta will actually be the first release of the game, which we plan to polish up and fish out all the bugs in the comming months until it reaches version 1.0. The beta for us is going to be a very long phase, and a mostly internal one until the game becomes stable enough for the public. There is no bigger turn-off than buggy or unstable software.This is a very rough plan right now and is likely to change when we are actually there. Testing and fixing bugs for this will likely be a cumbersome phase since they will be plentiful and we don't have the massive resources like a physical studio with a publisher behind it to really do this efficiently in large scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudied Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 What's the chance of buying a beta ? I don't get a lot of free time, but when I do I'd like to test it and I feel due to the limited time I can't qualify as a real tester (3-6 months of no play). I don't want to buy M$ games (wine) and its time for me to buy my yearly game. I'd much rather "buy" a beta from you guys (I'll take what I can get) !(Ubuntu 64 7.10) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feneur Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 We're sure flattered, but the game will be free. That's been the idea all the time, and I can't see how we would go away from that perspective to sell it at a time when it's not even near being finished. Especially since that would not be fair towards those people who have been waiting for it all this time. So, sorry, but no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeros Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 (edited) Its also common practice that betas are in fact free, unless you bribe or something like that, but then that isn't common practice Edited February 5, 2008 by Aeros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudied Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Thanks for the reply.I didn't mean it in a bad way. I just thought that since I'm gonna spend money on a game (What I don't know), I can rather buy/donate to this project and have a beta that I can test.I only have time every ~ 3 - 6 months to relax, and then I'd like to play a RTS on GNU/LINUX. I have tried AOE II under wine, but it's to slow.Any suggestions ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apomonomenos Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Will there be a campaign mode for the Beta, or will it be limited to a single player random map type of thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justinian Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Beta's are usually a collection of SP maps and sometimes MP maps (look at Halo 3).The campaign gets worked on while the bugs and kinks are ironed out of the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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